Cruel Control

Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

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How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2564	3976–4758	45.5	6	78	89
Grixis Control	101	154–187	45.2	0	1	5
Cruel Control	57	90–108	45.5	0	1	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	19–24	44.2
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–5	28.6
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	4–5	44.4
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	14–13	51.9
Storm	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tendrils	3–3	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Worldgorger Dragon	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–4	20.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	21–21	50.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Control	4–4	50.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	3–2	60.0
Shrines	3–2	60.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–3	50.0
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–9	40.0
Izzet Tempo	3–5	37.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	4–6	40.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	21–24	46.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–3	0.0
Mardu Midrange	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–3	57.1
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–8	20.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	1–5	16.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–2	0.0
Historic Bloom	0–2	0.0